panther

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pan·ther /ˈpænθə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. HBAa large wild animal that is black and a member of the cat family 黑豹 →4  See picture of 见图 BIG CAT →5 see picture at 见图 big cat2. American EnglishHBA a cougar 美洲狮

Examples from the Corpus

panther• He was cat-cautious, lithe as a panther, and thoroughly at home.• He would move, she guessed, with the supple grace of a panther.• Neither had I, but Siegfried prowled up and down like a caged panther as though willing something to happen.• Rangers coaxed the two remaining panthers down into the Everglades last year.• He solved the Chelsi problem by having her noisily eaten by a Stygian panther in the lab menagerie.• Some of these Knights adopted the panther as their emblem, and the Knight Panther was created.• The idea had reminded the old man of those last two panthers in electronic collars.Origin panther (1200-1300) Old French pantere, from Greek panther

pan·ther nounChineseSyllable  

large animal a Corpus that is wild black

panther
pan‧ther /ˈpænθə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. a large wild animal that is black and a member of the cat family
2. American English a cougar

pan·therBrE /ˈpænθə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpænθər/ 🔊 nouna black leopard (= a large wild animal of the cat family) 黑豹(NAmE) = puma